From L-R: Executive Director, Distribution Systems, Storage and Retailing Infrastructure, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Ogbugo Ukoha; Chairperson, Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN), Winifred Akpani; Chief Executive Officer, (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed; and Executive Vice President, Downstream NNPCL, Yemi Adetunji, during the authority’s meeting with Oil Marketing Companies and a news conference on post PMS deregulation expectations, at the NMDPRA headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday

By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says with the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) other interested parties are free to import products once they meet the requirements. The NMDPRA said the PMS importers must meet regulations as stipulated by the PetroleumContinue Reading

PPDC logo

By Jacinta Nwachukwu An NGO, the Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC), says that the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), as an alternative to petrol by the Federal Government is a welcome development considering the price difference. Mr Shittu Jubril, the Chief Executive Officer, PPDC, stated this in an interview withContinue Reading

Mr Gbenga Komolafe, NUPRC Chief Executive

By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has dismissed recent allegation by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) that ExxonMobil was lifting butane illegally at Bonny River Offshore Terminal (BRT). The NMDPRA had in letters to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and Chief ofContinue Reading

NMDPRA Chief Executive, Mr Farouk Ahmed

By Emmanuella Anokam The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), has written to the military high command, alleging illegal lifting of petroleum product by Exxon Mobil at Bonny River Terminal in Rivers State. The letter, signed by the Authority’s Chief Executive, Mr Farouk Ahmed, and addressed to theContinue Reading